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1. (n.) quietus
a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles.
2. quietus
release from life.
3. quietus
a period of inactivity.
Etymology: (1530–40; < ML quiētus quit (in quiētus est (he) is quit, a formula of acquittance), L: (he) is quiet, at rest (see quiet1))
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1. (noun) rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
"she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
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1. (adj) quietus
final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death
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